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All that is good in mankind is concentrated in the deeds of the god-king Ram, the ruler of\u00a0Ayodhya<\/b>. Lord Rama, the moral man with his moral way of life are the reasons for celebrating India’s popular festival of Dussehra and Diwali. Diwali comes exactly\u00a020 days<\/b>\u00a0after Dussehra on Amavas (new moon), during fortnight of kartik, some time in October or November.<\/p>\n
On the day of\u00a0Dussehra<\/b>, Ram, killed the great demon\u00a0Ravan<\/b>, who had abducted Ram’s wife\u00a0Sita<\/b>\u00a0to his kingdom of Lanka. Ram, along with his brother\u00a0Lakshman<\/b>\u00a0and devoted follower\u00a0Hanuman<\/b>, and an army of monkeys fought a great battle to rescue his lovely wife Sita. The war against Ravan lasted for ten days. Sita had been returned to her husband Ram and they now make their way to Ayodhya in triumph and glory. Thus, it is on the Diwali day that Lord Ram, the incarnation of\u00a0Lord Vishnu<\/b>\u00a0in the\u00a0Treta Yug<\/b>, returned to his capital Ayodhya after the exile of fourteen years.<\/p>\n
Consequently, to commemorate the return of\u00a0Ram<\/b>,\u00a0Sita<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Lakshman<\/b>\u00a0to Ayodhya, people celebrate Diwali with the bursting of crackers and by lighting up their houses with earthen diyas. This grand style of celebration have continued, year after year. To this day, the whole of Ramayana is enacted in dramas staged in huge pandals and maidans, in cities, towns and villages, on the occasion of Dussehra and Diwali.<\/p>\n